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Newspaper
Jeffersonville Star
Location
Jeffersonville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1920
Page
4
The article argues that studying Mars and its ice caps can forecast winter weather here. It claims observing Martian seasons reveals heat from the sun and sunspot effects, making astronomy a practical tool for predicting forthcoming winters and shaping practical plans.
An advertisement touts Shannon's Dairy offering clarified and pasteurized milk and cream delivered daily to homes. It claims the price as 15 cents per quart and asserts milk provides three times more nourishment than meat, encouraging lots of milk and butter for health.
The text notes century old claims for birds in the parrot family and ravens with extended lifespans. It mentions domestic geese reaching around 40 years and domestic fowl often living to 10 or 12 in certain places where keeping pets was allowed.
The Star will begin daily funny cartoons including Barney Google and Toots and Casper soon. Readers will not want to miss these side splitting features as the paper adds new content daily.
Morris Optometrist and Optician advertises Kryptoks as the perfect eye glasses. Kryptoks claim to improve comfort and clarity, making reading more pleasant and reducing eye fatigue with near and farsighted vision in one pair.
A serialized tale reveals Adele Garrison contending with Rita Brown on a Washington trip. Tension grows as Rita schemes for Hugh Grantland while Adele weighs her husband's seemingly courteous behavior versus Grantland's quiet interest.
Jeffersonville advertising copy for B Doolittle at Popular Drug Store touts best of service and lowest prices on perfumes, toilet articles, soaps, face creams, toothbrushes, clothes brushes, combs and hair brushes. It invites customers to ask for Perfumes with Strength Purity and Fragrance.
Wanted wood workers foremen cabinet makers machine and bench hands and varnishers. Good wages good hours good working conditions. Apply in person or write for further particulars to The Wood Trades Association of Cincinnati 306 Odd Fellows Temple Cincinnati Ohio.
A wandering Navy publication titled the Navy Re cruiter bills itself as the most traveled newspaper in the world. It is produced by Great Lakes sailors touring the Midwestern states on a navy recruiting drive with articles promoting a naval career. Editors Leo Pischer George Richmond and Clark Kinnsird are named as former Great Lakes Bulletin staffers.
Miss Florence Wautres of San Francisco created a fox neckpiece featuring a live fox named Posy. Dr. George D. Scott captured the animal and Miss Waters claims the pet necktie is superior to prior accessories as Posy stays still and responds to its name.
A vintage advertisement proclaims Swiss Cleaners and Dyers as the leading first class cleaners for men and women in Indiana or Kentucky. It boasts the largest, best equipped establishment with modern methods, serving the best homes in Jeffersonville and Louisville. Silk and satin fabrics are said to be made like new.
A Baltimore News piece notes prices for dogs hinge on buyer sentiment more than animal value. Shows fetch higher sums than practical gun dogs. Birmingham sale nets 665 guineas total with Coronation at 65 guineas and Bang at 37 guineas. American bids could top $1,000 each. Wall terrier Woodcote Wonder sells for 5,000 to a San Francisco buyer, Rodney Btonc at 8,000, a St. Bernard at 5,000.
The African drum appears in varied shapes made from shells trunks or earthenware with animal skin or rubber coverings. Some are highly ornamented by paint or carving and one shows a cross and European head. A drum from Upper Lualaha uses a sympathetic chord tube to produce a reed-like vibration when struck.
A terse dialogue snippet presents Brown asking why Green refused a young man’s request to marry his daughter in a church wedding. Green replies the motive was to avoid the cost of an elaborate ceremony, mentioning a figure 21088 in the exchange.
Listing offers a three room furnished flat with air conditioning and utilities. Contact via phone number ending 57 for details and availability.
The advertisement promotes Boyce's Sweet Shop The Lead ing First Class Tee Cream and Candy Store offering chocolates creams and caramels and the choicest sodas with appetizing flavors. It invites customers to try the delicious ice cream and urges them to eat more and enjoy better health.
A nostalgic plea for childhood freedom overwork and worry. The poem addresses a "Dear little Curly Head" urging children to enjoy play, resist early discipline, and trust that virtue and reward come with time. It invokes God’s care and questions adults who push for study over play.
Gen C Ogden the Leading Shoe Repairer promotes cutting shoe costs with half soles and rubber heels to reduce jar and improve comfort during every step. Ad.
An old Edinburg landmark dating to around 1600, the Ye Tree tavern, a single story building with attic, was destroyed by fire. It stood inside the Dounds of the Holyrood sanctuary for debtors where fugitives once faced no creditor pursuit.
W H Martin of Layton California challenges M F Skinner of Pomona claiming the top mustache title. Martin says his growth dates to the Civil War and he bet the claim against Skinner who asserts a fifty year old mustache.
Coots Bros and Gill advertise city and farm property opposite Clark County State Bank in Indiana and Kentucky as sound investments. They claim now is the best time to invest in farms or city property and invite inquiries from potential buyers.
The Indiana State Highway Commission invites sealed bids for F A 21 and F A 24 sections on Louisville Road in Clark County from New Albany to Memphis and Memphis to Underwood. Bids due 10:00 a m July 28 1920. Plans cost 5 dollars per set with no refund. Bonds required. Wright director. Adv July 13 17 20 22 24 45.
A government report on power alcohol notes mahua flowers from the Nizam of Ayderavad regions yield about sixty percent fermentable content Sun drying allows production of alcohol up to sixty gallons per ton of mahua and seventy gallons per ton of potatoes, with potential export storage benefits.
The War Risk Bureau in Washington reports 58 200 Johnsons in the army along with 51 954 Smiths and 49 000 Williams. The data show 21 8 Johnsons named John and 2 062 Johns among Smiths and 2 625 Williams, with 2 200 using the title E Smith.
Rodents dig through the Adams New York dam built in 1891 forcing the Seeber and Chapman grist mills to shut down. The aged structure finally gave way under constant rat activity, ending local milling operations.
Lillian Ed Felt of San Francisco was jailed after attempting a perfume based drink described as the lily of the vatley jag. She was charged with hugging all the men she met.
A method of sermon collaboration tried in Los Angeles brought nine ministers to produce one sermon. On the following Sunday nine congregations heard the same sermon, praised as one of the best. The plan leverages varied gifts such as illustrations, literary allusions, theology, and evangelistic ardor.
A quoted remark suggests death would be welcome to a man forced to hustle eighteen hours daily to keep life insurance premiums paid. The line underscores extreme financial strain and the toll of long hours on an individual’s ability to maintain coverage.
Classified item for sale by owner leaving city. One Singer sewing machine in working order and a Pathe phonograph offered cheap if taken at once. Return to 931 Mechanic Street for details. Sale runs July 13 to 17 and weekly thereafter.
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